Business Desk :
State Minister for Fisheries Md Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru on Tuesday said the Bay of Bengal abounds with a total of 475 species of fishes including 36 species of prawn and different kinds of resources which is important for the country’s economy and biodiversity.
“In 2017-18 fiscal, six lakh tonnes of fishes, out of total 43 lakh 34 thousand tonnes, came from the sea which was 16 percent of total production of fishes,” he told a two-day workshop on “Bangladesh Blue Economy Dialogue on Fisheries and Livestock” at a city hotel on Tuesday, said a press release.
Fisheries and Livestock Ministry and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) jointly arranged the workshop.
State Minister for Fisheries Md Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru on Tuesday said the Bay of Bengal abounds with a total of 475 species of fishes including 36 species of prawn and different kinds of resources which is important for the country’s economy and biodiversity.
“In 2017-18 fiscal, six lakh tonnes of fishes, out of total 43 lakh 34 thousand tonnes, came from the sea which was 16 percent of total production of fishes,” he told a two-day workshop on “Bangladesh Blue Economy Dialogue on Fisheries and Livestock” at a city hotel on Tuesday, said a press release.
Fisheries and Livestock Ministry and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) jointly arranged the workshop.
